TiffyRose
West Coast Dis love
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2015
I'm still alive and kicking! (I was asked recently...) Sorry for the span between updates. I've been busy with school and work and church. I've been lurking around the Dis and commenting here and there, but I haven't had much to update on honestly. But as we are less than two months out, things have been kicking into high gear, so I finally have something to write about.
Tis the Season...
To give your credit card a serious workout. Yesterday and today I spent quite a bit of time buying both Christmas presents and cruise items. So my Liea costume dress, my flapper style dress, a new bathing suit, a blaster for Mike, and Star Wars themed beach towels are all on there way here. Hopefully everything gets here in time. I know the have towels on the boat, and you don't need to bring your own, but I thought it would be fun th have Star Wars ones. Each one is themed to everyone's costume, so Darth Vader for Dad, R2D2 for mom, and Han in carbonite for Mike. Hopefully Santa will bring me the Leia towel I asked for so we have a full set...I'm also giving Star Wars metal puzzles for stocking stuffers.
Tiffany's Passport Saga
We have been looking for my old passport for about a month. I didn't even know if it was expired or not. Turns out DCL knew though. On their online check in forms they had my old passport number and expiration date. (They had it stored from my last cruise 7 years ago...) Turned out it expired in October. So I knew I needed a new one, but to get one you need your birth certificate, and mom was having trouble finding that too...But...she found my old passport yesterday. If you have your old passport, you don't need your birth certificate. So I'm going to apply for my new one this week, and that should be delivered just in time for the cruise.
Onboard Fun
As far as planning things for on board goes, I think I have as much done as I can right now. Besides booking our excursions, Palo dinner, and putting in requests for some sort of booth seating in EG (Mike's bad back) which I had already done, I added a Remy brunch and requested our dining rotation. The Remy brunch is a surprise for Mike. I want to do dinner there eventually, but it's so exspensive, and brunch is not as pricey, so I decided brunch. Maybe next DCL cruise we'll do the opposite: Remy dinner and Palo brunch. I'm also interested in the Remy tasting they offer on night 1, but I hate to miss meeting our servers right away.
I'm Not Procrastinating, I'm Just Too Busy...
As far as other ship related projects go, namely FE and FE gifts, I'm super far behind schedule. I have yet to make our FE, or even get all the allies for it. I've started on the ladies gifts, but haven't gotten very far yet, and I don't have my supplies for the guys gifts yet. I keep meaning to work on things on Saturday mornings, but then something else gets scheduled then. Like this Saturday I ended up at work. I think I need to implement my secondary plan of putting down my phone while I watch tv and picking up my craft stuff instead. Not to worry, I still have a month and a half...
Oh, and Finally
We have our flights booked. We are flying into Tampa on the 20th/21st and spending the day with Mike's parents. We will do Universal on the 22nd, hopefully stay with Orlando area friends that night, and get on the boat the next morning. Mike's parents want a hotel on the 22nd, so I'm going to see if I can hook them up. Working for a hotel chain does have its advantages. The 30th we'll get off the boat and drop our stuff back at our friends' place, then hit MK for the day. Stay with friends that night, then fly home the next day. Mom and Dad are staying an extra day. I wouldn't be surprised if the hit up Epcot that day. I would if I were them. We're flying out of LAX, leaving a car there, and Mike and I will bring the car home. Mom and Dad fly into John Wayne, and one of us will pick them up.
Hope everyone is enjoying prepping for their trips as well, or just reading about me prepping for ours. It's getting closer!
Tis the Season...
To give your credit card a serious workout. Yesterday and today I spent quite a bit of time buying both Christmas presents and cruise items. So my Liea costume dress, my flapper style dress, a new bathing suit, a blaster for Mike, and Star Wars themed beach towels are all on there way here. Hopefully everything gets here in time. I know the have towels on the boat, and you don't need to bring your own, but I thought it would be fun th have Star Wars ones. Each one is themed to everyone's costume, so Darth Vader for Dad, R2D2 for mom, and Han in carbonite for Mike. Hopefully Santa will bring me the Leia towel I asked for so we have a full set...I'm also giving Star Wars metal puzzles for stocking stuffers.
Tiffany's Passport Saga
We have been looking for my old passport for about a month. I didn't even know if it was expired or not. Turns out DCL knew though. On their online check in forms they had my old passport number and expiration date. (They had it stored from my last cruise 7 years ago...) Turned out it expired in October. So I knew I needed a new one, but to get one you need your birth certificate, and mom was having trouble finding that too...But...she found my old passport yesterday. If you have your old passport, you don't need your birth certificate. So I'm going to apply for my new one this week, and that should be delivered just in time for the cruise.
Onboard Fun
As far as planning things for on board goes, I think I have as much done as I can right now. Besides booking our excursions, Palo dinner, and putting in requests for some sort of booth seating in EG (Mike's bad back) which I had already done, I added a Remy brunch and requested our dining rotation. The Remy brunch is a surprise for Mike. I want to do dinner there eventually, but it's so exspensive, and brunch is not as pricey, so I decided brunch. Maybe next DCL cruise we'll do the opposite: Remy dinner and Palo brunch. I'm also interested in the Remy tasting they offer on night 1, but I hate to miss meeting our servers right away.
I'm Not Procrastinating, I'm Just Too Busy...
As far as other ship related projects go, namely FE and FE gifts, I'm super far behind schedule. I have yet to make our FE, or even get all the allies for it. I've started on the ladies gifts, but haven't gotten very far yet, and I don't have my supplies for the guys gifts yet. I keep meaning to work on things on Saturday mornings, but then something else gets scheduled then. Like this Saturday I ended up at work. I think I need to implement my secondary plan of putting down my phone while I watch tv and picking up my craft stuff instead. Not to worry, I still have a month and a half...
Oh, and Finally
We have our flights booked. We are flying into Tampa on the 20th/21st and spending the day with Mike's parents. We will do Universal on the 22nd, hopefully stay with Orlando area friends that night, and get on the boat the next morning. Mike's parents want a hotel on the 22nd, so I'm going to see if I can hook them up. Working for a hotel chain does have its advantages. The 30th we'll get off the boat and drop our stuff back at our friends' place, then hit MK for the day. Stay with friends that night, then fly home the next day. Mom and Dad are staying an extra day. I wouldn't be surprised if the hit up Epcot that day. I would if I were them. We're flying out of LAX, leaving a car there, and Mike and I will bring the car home. Mom and Dad fly into John Wayne, and one of us will pick them up.
Hope everyone is enjoying prepping for their trips as well, or just reading about me prepping for ours. It's getting closer!